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Not everybody inherits millions of dollars from daddy.

TBF he didn't waste it. He did stuff that continually surprised the public, and the world is generally better off for it. No comment on his politics.

> He did stuff that continually surprised the public, and the world is generally better off for it. No comment on his politics.

How does the good things he may have done commercially weighed against his help and support to get Trump getting elected a second time? Is "the world generally better off" with Trump in Whitehouse now?

As I said, can't comment on his politics. And Trump would've been in regardless IMO. What I can say is I've been a very happy user of Starlink since I bought my kit a few years ago (other internet solutions in my area are crap in comparison), and Musk made it happen. And there's still nobody else close even today.

I never said he wasted it. The person I responded to said “why don’t you do what he did”.

If you can't do it (create massive progress for society), don't complain when someone else does it.

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